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Old cooker want to cook something

After many many tweaking and cooking ROMs for WinMo I want to do same with Android. The reason I cooked for WinMo was speed, but since it is not an issue with mine Desire(but it can be better I want to customize ROM a little bit, so remove some stuff and later maybe add few apps. If this want be a problem I will try to tweak too.
However in WinMo I have always have served kitchen, I just tweaked removed and add few things and job done but here there are no kitchens..yet(I hope somebody will sooner or later post it
So is there anybody who can help to set up kitchen so that I can cook few roms for me and this community?
So if I understanded correctly I need following to start cooking
android sdk
java jdk
signing tool
stock ROM
I have downloaded them all, extracted SDK in D:\HTC Desire\Android SDK, installed Java JDK in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java and I don't know what to do next?
Extract ROM, where(?), extract system.img which is in rom.zip if yes how and where?
Thanks for your help

Benko, you can extract the ROM anywhere you want. But, you don't want images. You should look at Pauls rootedupdate.zip as a starting point. Unzip that.

eViL D: said:
Benko, you can extract the ROM anywhere you want. But, you don't want images. You should look at Pauls rootedupdate.zip as a starting point. Unzip that.
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Ok extracted that rootedupdate.zip and found a lot of apks and obexes so after I delete those files that I dont want how to put that all back together to file that is flashable?

You'll have to resign the zip after removing stuff, otherwise it will give verification errors when trying to flash.
You need to remove the current certificates from the file, there are three files in the META-INF folder - delete those, but keep the update script (the COM folder inside), it's needed for flashing.
I use this little thingy for signatures: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Generating_Keys
Hope this helps!
PS-beware of any dependencies between the various apk's and any framework modding that might be needed, otherwise you'll get more fc's than you can carry; I know I did
PS2- if you want a served kitchen, you'll find one over at Modaco, for a CyanogenMod port (a link is posted in a thread here) - see if that suits you're needs.
PS3- check out the Chef Central sticky here, too - it should be easier to get quicker/more accurate info from the seasoned cooks there

benko286 said:
Ok extracted that rootedupdate.zip and found a lot of apks and obexes so after I delete those files that I dont want how to put that all back together to file that is flashable?
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Rezip the folders: meta, system & boot.img.
Then resign them. You can then transfer it to sd and try to flash. If it doesn't boot, then you have to troubleshoot.

May I know that how to change layout of the home screen?
e.g. HTC sense has news/mail widget where first installed and booted.
Where can I change these settings?
Also , I want to know if I made my own rom, and updated to my desire.
If it doesn't boot or anything, can I updated the rootedupdate.zip from Paul to get the desire back working?
Thanks

eViL D: said:
Rezip the folders: meta, system & boot.img.
Then resign them. You can then transfer it to sd and try to flash. If it doesn't boot, then you have to troubleshoot.
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kevin612 said:
May I know that how to change layout of the home screen?
e.g. HTC sense has news/mail widget where first installed and booted.
Where can I change these settings?
Also , I want to know if I made my own rom, and updated to my desire.
If it doesn't boot or anything, can I updated the rootedupdate.zip from Paul to get the desire back working?
Thanks
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Ok zipped those folders(META-INF, system, boot.img) in rootedupdate.zip, used autosign.bat to manually sign that .zip and now it should be flashable?
@Kevin-yes if it is not bootable you can flash Pauls rom again

benko286 said:
Ok zipped those folders(META-INF, system, boot.img) in rootedupdate.zip, used autosign.bat to manually sign that .zip and now it should be flashable?
@Kevin-yes if it is not bootable you can flash Pauls rom again
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Hopefully. After a few hundred times you'll get the hang of it. ;P
If it boot loops, it won't boot. Try again. Always remember what you're adding and subtracting. Maybe start out with only a couple things.

eViL D: said:
Hopefully. After a few hundred times you'll get the hang of it. ;P
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OK Since I returned my device to my store because of warranty can you try that ROM, I will upload it for you ?

benko286 said:
OK Since I returned my device to my store because of warranty can you try that ROM, I will upload it for you ?
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Sure, why did you return it?

Uploading it now
Some very very bad battery leaking...80% in one night and sync was off!
Thank you so much eViL D: and everybody else for help

Ok I also want to create my own rom but I don't know how to sign it..
Any help would be most appreciated.

ROM Link here
http://www.mediafire.com/?zt4ymz42jzj
I hope it works
So for now I even don't need Android SDK?

I downloaded the rom kitchen from Chef Central...Does the rom need to be sign after I built them out in Linux?
Also there are some folders I not understand yet....
Inside system folder - customize, etc, framework, usr and xbin I dont understand yet.
Cause looking at eVil D:'s rom and paul's rom is very different in those. And even paul's rom doesnt have customize folder.
Would like to understand all and see if I can make a rom out.
Thanks

Anybody tried my ROM ?

benko286 said:
Anybody tried my ROM ?
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Got corrupted DL. Will have to try again.

kevin612 said:
I downloaded the rom kitchen from Chef Central...Does the rom need to be sign after I built them out in Linux?
Also there are some folders I not understand yet....
Inside system folder - customize, etc, framework, usr and xbin I dont understand yet.
Cause looking at eVil D:'s rom and paul's rom is very different in those. And even paul's rom doesnt have customize folder.
Would like to understand all and see if I can make a rom out.
Thanks
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the kitchen signs the rom automatically. run the menu from terminal ( using linux) and u will see all the what the kitchen is doing.
do not try to compare custom roms ... they are different. some have extrafiles & folders depending on their customisations.
best thing is to compare with an original rom for the desire. and u see what has been added to get X and Y. involves a lot of trials and errors.

eViL D: said:
Got corrupted DL. Will have to try again.
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I will try downloading too, if it wont work I will reupload it
I know that this can sound wierd but can anybody of you upload his kitchen?
Thank you all for help!
EDIT: File is corrupted, uploading again!

Reuploaded and tested, RAR file is ok
http://www.mediafire.com/?w5wommomzmk
Please somebody try ROM
Thanks

benko286 said:
Reuploaded and tested, RAR file is ok
http://www.mediafire.com/?w5wommomzmk
Please somebody try ROM
Thanks
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Anybody tried ROM ?
P.S anybody has link to CyanogenMod port, anybody uses that kitchen?

PC script to auto remove apk's

Hey everyone!
On the rom I currently use there are about 20 apk's I have no need for. What I do is download the rom, and individually delete the apk's before flashing the rom. The thing is I flash quite often (cheeky, I know ) and this is getting quite frustrating.
Ideally I want a script that does this all for me. I found one but it seems be for running on the phone, after the apk's have been installed. Does anyone know how I can create a script for the PC that does this before I even install the rom?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Oh and here's the thread I found that looked relevant...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674357

edcoppen said:
Hey everyone!
On the rom I currently use there are about 20 apk's I have no need for. What I do is download the rom, and individually delete the apk's before flashing the rom. The thing is I flash quite often (cheeky, I know ) and this is getting quite frustrating.
Ideally I want a script that does this all for me. I found one but it seems be for running on the phone, after the apk's have been installed. Does anyone know how I can create a script for the PC that does this before I even install the rom?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Oh and here's the thread I found that looked relevant...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674357
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Over what OS?
If in Windows (or any M$ OS, incl. DOS) you can make a batch file.
My file is adjunted as example (modify as you like, put in the root dir -obviously to the unzipped ROM- and run. Rezip and maybe re-sign)
salu2

Thank you. This is exactly the kind of thing I am after. If I had of been born just a few years earlier I would probably know all about batch scripts. Fortunately, I just missed the DOS days!
Anyway, I puzzled out / looked up the commands in the script you posted. Based on that I extracted the rom, then placed the batch file within it, so that the cd (current directory) command runs correctly.
Unfortunately this mucks up the signing on the rom. Do you re-sign your CM7 roms every time you do this or is there an easier way?
Edit: My PC is Win 7, 64bit, soon to be Win 8 Consumer Preview.
Edit: The roms do not need resigning.

I don't re-sign the ROM, simply flash again over Clockworkmod Recovery.. and work.
But, you can:
1) sign using Auto-Sign....
2) Click [Thanks]...
Salu2
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I know, I know.... my english is ****ty... but my spanish is much better... ;-)

Big thank you. That's solved that one nicely for me!

You're welcome.
Updated zip in my first Post.
Salu2

Hey again. I was hoping to build on the script you kindly provided. At the moment I am using various alpha roms where the exact apk's present changes fairly often. It would be great if I could see the outcome of each action. This way I would know if the apk has had it's name changed or been removed. How would I enable this?

[Q] Is there any APK to exact the boot.img in the phone

I want to unpack the img but don't want to use in my pc(too confused).
so I want to unpack by the phone,
thank you

ytyyutianyun said:
I want to unpack the img but don't want to use in my pc(too confused).
so I want to unpack by the phone,
thank you
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I don't think there is. Maybe I'm wrong too.
Basically all these boot.img tools are written in shell/bash and is made specifically to run in Linux distros.
Anyways there is an Android app called, Complete Linux Installer that lets you install any Linux OS in your phone. But I doubt whether boot.img tools work, as it needs various library files for it to work.
On a side note, I guess it would be more complex to do it in phone rather than in PC, if there is some way for it to work.

coolsandie said:
I don't think there is. Maybe I'm wrong too.
Basically all these boot.img tools are written in shell/bash and is made specifically to run in Linux distros.
Anyways there is an Android app called, Complete Linux Installer that lets you install any Linux OS in your phone. But I doubt whether boot.img tools work, as it needs various library files for it to work.
On a side note, I guess it would be more complex to do it in phone rather than in PC, if there is some way for it to work.
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Thank you for your reply, but do you feel strange that the IMG is created by the recovery, so it is rational that there is a tool about IMG building. then why there is no apk. I mean some professional can extract just from the CWM recovery, I think.

need root
if you wanna get boot.img i think you must be rooted.

k0tsompakos said:
if you wanna get boot.img i think you must be rooted.
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yes, I root, so I can use the recovery to back and restore,

I think any app that can access zip files in the internal and external memory can extract boot.img.
Like ASTRO File Manager and stuff...

recovery?
You wanna install a rom?
or recovery??
or we speak about boot.img? (Boot img is the boot animation when you turn on your phone.)

k0tsompakos said:
You wanna install a rom?
or recovery??
or we speak about boot.img? (Boot img is the boot animation when you turn on your phone.)
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Nooooo
boot.img is the kernel (zImage + Ramdisk packed into an image file) that lies in the /boot partition
@ OP - If you want to extract boot.img itself, there are various methods and from CWM recovery like you said. I thought you were mentioning about how to unpack the contents of the boot.img say like zImage, Ramdisk and other files.

0ops
0ops yeah... :silly:
Searching for 1 minute and found this tool :good:
--> [TOOL] Boot.img tools [unpack, repack, ramdisk] <--
( I do not send link cause i am new here and can't :angel: )
It works. Have a nice day

k0tsompakos said:
0ops yeah... :silly:
Searching for 1 minute and found this tool :good:
--> [TOOL] Boot.img tools [unpack, repack, ramdisk] <--
( I do not send link cause i am new here and can't :angel: )
It works. Have a nice day
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Yes, that's the tool and it works :good:
But as OP mentioned, he wanted to do it within phone, I highly doubt though.

coolsandie said:
Yes, that's the tool and it works :good:
But as OP mentioned, he wanted to do it within phone, I highly doubt though.
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It could be done using this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20227868&postcount=1124 and a hex editor from play store on your phone. But would be even more fiddly than on pc I would imagine, unless your phone has a largish screen. It could be done though.
If editing the ramdisk, you would need to unpack and repack after editing, which usually requires linux. I recently found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036528 for PC, but have not had a chance to try it yet, seems best solution for OP

coolsandie said:
Yes, that's the tool and it works :good:
But as OP mentioned, he wanted to do it within phone, I highly doubt though.
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thank you coolsandie, the android is based on linux, isn't it, and if I can, I can install busybox.and using the terminal like Android Terminal Emulator, but I do not know the procedure. like you, it's more complex,

Robbie P said:
It could be done using this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20227868&postcount=1124 and a hex editor from play store on your phone. But would be even more fiddly than on pc I would imagine, unless your phone has a largish screen. It could be done though.
If editing the ramdisk, you would need to unpack and repack after editing, which usually requires linux. I recently found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036528 for PC, but have not had a chance to try it yet, seems best solution for OP
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it's good tool, it can unpack the boot.img, but as to the kernel, I don't know how to unpack. but this tool add to my favorite, thanks Robbie.

OK, I find the app, names: yaffs, the author I don't know because I found in the search engine. so I also cannot find the course
then the app,

Self Packed ROM.ZIPs not installable

Hello,
some weeks ago I got to an old Mediatek 6572 device for free. Mobistel Cynus E1. My first smartphone
For some reasons I want to make an another ROM on it. (I want a special app, that is only for Android 4.4 and higher, but that should not be topic here. I don't think, that I find a solution for this.)
After some learning, tweaking, backup, rooting (system and shell) and porting to Custom Recovery CTR I found a Custom-ROM (Mediamod 5) I wanted to test, which was tagged with "MTK6572" and "Jellybean 4.4.2", so that I come to the closest possible compatible ROM. I only had to make the changes in the folders between Stock-ROM and Port-Rom like it is written in the descriptions out there and also in this community, since there is no already special explicit Cynus E1 ROM out there. I made 4 versions (changed files in "system" folder only, changed in boot.img and updater-script only, changed both and changed none).
Put all 4 on the ext. SD-Card. The first installation was started from ROM Manager app, which rebooted with some parameters (Wipe cache) into the recovery mode then and started the installation. But nothing started. Installation aborted.
BUT: The original .zip worked. In the sense, that the installation started and was completed. Not that I could boot after this in the system. The Screen was illuminated, but dark.
Hmm, what was wrong with my .zip ROMs?
I unzipped the original ROM, changed only one attribute in of the updater-script in Metafile/google. Zipped all again - Installation aborted
Unzipped original .zip, changed nothing, zipped all again. - Nothing, Installation aborted.
Tried 7-Zip as alternative to Winrar for Zipping. - Nothing. Installation aborted
Tried 2 different zip-signer (sign-em.bat and flashable zip signer) found in this forum. Nothing changed. Installation aborted.
I can't work out, what information/data get lost and at which process when I decompress the archive and compress the folders againt without any other action?
Can you help me?

Bump.

Solved
Bump and Solved.
Very shameful that I had not saw this: I didnt select the files/folders "system", Meta-inf" "boot.img" ... for the archive, but the ROM-folder, in which these files were. Clearly that so the installation routine didn't find the files.

frishar said:
Bump and Solved.
Very shameful that I had not saw this: I didnt select the files/folders "system", Meta-inf" "boot.img" ... for the archive, but the ROM-folder, in which these files were. Clearly that so the installation routine didn't find the files.
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In your original post, you stated that you modified the updater-script, the updater-script is in the META-inf file, so I don't see how you missed that.
Also, in your original post, you vaguely described the things you did with statements like moved "some files" from original ROM to port ROM or to "some partitions"
You didn't state exactly what you modified.
I know you tried to describe your situation but how it actually came out is you basically only stated that you tried porting a ROM by "doing some stuff like in the guides everywhere but it didn't work". That isn't enough information for anyone to even START understanding what your issue might be.
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Droidriven said:
In your original post, you stated that you modified the updater-script, the updater-script is in the META-inf file, so I don't see how you missed that.
Also, in your original post, you vaguely described the things you did with statements like moved "some files" from original ROM to port ROM or to "some partitions"
You didn't state exactly what you modified.
I know you tried to describe your situation but how it actually came out is you basically only stated that you tried porting a ROM by "doing some stuff like in the guides everywhere but it didn't work". That isn't enough information for anyone to even START understanding what your issue might be.
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Like I said. I also failed for nonmodified version, when I only unpacked and repacked the rom.zip. My mistake was, that for Repacking I selected the folder, which was not there in the original .zip, but which was created by winrar at unpacking (with the files and folders in it). So the installation routine of CWM/CTR couldn't detect the files.

Updated link list of A2 Lite Fastboot and full OTA Roms

https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/download-official-roms-for-xiaomi-mi-a2-lite/
or this one seems to be even more up to date (credits to a1291762 for finding it)
https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/daisy/roms-global-stable/
Apparently nobody in this forum has ever posted a link to this blog.
This blog seems to be made by a xda member using automated scripts to scrap download links for ROMs.
It seems to be quite up to date and also includes the fastboot zip for the most current security patch v10.0.15.0.PDLMIXM , which I haven't seen in this forum yet.
Not sure how trustworthy these sites are but they actually just link to the official Xiaomi OTA download site(https://bigota.d.miui.com), thus the downloaded zips are the official one.

p-walker said:
https://xiaomifirmware.com/roms/download-official-roms-for-xiaomi-mi-a2-lite/
Apparently nobody in this forum has ever posted a link to this blog.
Apparently this blog is made by a xda member using automated scripts to scrap download links for ROMs.
It seems to be quite up to date and also includes the fastboot zip for the most current security patch v10.0.15.0.PDLMIXM , which I haven't seen in this forum yet.
Not sure how trustworthy the site is though. Seems to exist for quite a while though and it's been mentioned in other threads on xda.
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It could be useful for some OTA files specially for the latest v10.0.14.0 and v10.0.15.0 (wrongly placed in fastboot section) but about the fastboot roms the thread opened here is more updated and complete https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/how-to/fastboot-xiaomi-mi-a2-fastboot-images-t3824871 it contains the latest fastboot rom for our device, v10.0.13.0.

I recently found this site.
https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/daisy/roms-global-stable/
That looks like every fastboot and full OTA (site calls them "recovery") to me.

a1291762 said:
I recently found this site.
https://mirom.ezbox.idv.tw/en/phone/daisy/roms-global-stable/
That looks like every fastboot and full OTA (site calls them "recovery") to me.
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Thx that site seems to be even more up to date, I will include it in the top post if you don't mind. However it is very "minimalistic" I mean there is no information at all about this site available and at least on xiaomifirware you get some extra information blog posts on top and they actually have a disclaimer that they are not affiliated with Xiaomi.
However it seems both sites are actually linking to the official https://bigota.d.miui.com site when downloading the files, thus they should be kinda trustworthy as long as they actually linkt to the official xiami site.

The files from these sites aren't made to be used on Mi Flasher. How I can use these files? TWRP?

romulocarlos said:
The files from these sites aren't made to be used on Mi Flasher. How I can use these files? TWRP?
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The .tgz files are designed to be used with fastboot/MiFlash. Not every version has one of these.
The .zip (Recovery) files are OTAs that get flashed by the system. I don't know how people usually unpack and flash those but it is possible.

a1291762 said:
The .tgz files are designed to be used with fastboot/MiFlash. Not every version has one of these.
The .zip (Recovery) files are OTAs that get flashed by the system. I don't know how people usually unpack and flash those but it is possible.
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I know about .tgz files. Just unpack and use with Mi Flasher. But these big zip files aren't. Inside have a big "payload.bin" file. Maybe is for use with stock recovery or TWRP, but I'm unsure.

romulocarlos said:
I know about .tgz files. Just unpack and use with Mi Flasher. But these big zip files aren't. Inside have a big "payload.bin" file. Maybe is for use with stock recovery or TWRP, but I'm unsure.
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Files with extension tgz are full global rom to be used with MiFlash tool, fastboot or EDL and first you have to unpack it.
Files with extension zip are OTA updates to be flashed through system when it does use the scripts of the stock recovery (when you receive that you have an update) or totally through a custom recovery like TWRP and you don´t need to unpack it (inside within other files you will see payload.bin file)
All the rest that can be founded out there is unnoficial, adapted roms at the like of the user.

Hi guys. Do you know which firmware version is the last android 9 version?